Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communications


The Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communication (SSSMC) is intended to facilitate the international advancement of cross-disciplinary mobile communication studies. It is intended to serve as a resource and to support a network of scholarly research as to the social consequences of mobile communication.




Saturday, June 14, 2014

CFP: ARTECH 2015 – 7th International Conference on Digital Arts – Creating Digital e-Motions

ARTECH 2015
7th International Conference on Digital Arts – Creating Digital e-Motions.
Óbidos, Portugal, March 18-20, 2015
Call for Papers
ARTECH 2015 is the Seventh International Conference on Digital Arts, this time hosted by Universidade Aberta in the ancient village of Óbidos, Portugal. The goal of the conference is to promote the interest in the current digital culture and its intersection with art and technology as an important research field, but also as a common space for discussion and exchange of new experiences. Seeking to foster greater understanding about digital arts and culture across a wide spectrum of cultural, disciplinary, and professional practices, this edition of the conference also includes a strand concerned with mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets that have become widespread creation instruments. To this end, we cordially invite scholars, teachers, researchers, artists, computer professionals, and others who are working within the broadly defined areas of digital arts, culture and education to join us.
Main Topics:
Authors are invited to submit papers from all areas related to digital art, but also art installations, digital artefacts or media artworks, for review by an international committee. Both research and applications papers are of relevance to ARTECH 2015.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
  • Art and Science Theory
  • Audio-Visual and Multimedia Design
  • Creativity Theory
  • Design and Visualization
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Digital Technologies and Making
  • e-Learning in Art and Media Studies
  • Electronic Music
  • Generative and Algorithmic Art & Design
  • Immersive Art
  • Interactive Systems for Artistic Applications
  • Media Art History
  • Mobile Multimedia
  • Web Art and Digital Culture
  • Digital Media, Apps and eBooks
  • Digital Preservation
  • Parametric Design
  • Tangible and Gesture Interfaces
  • Technology in Art Education
  • Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
  • 3D Environments
Important Dates:
  • Full paper submission:  October 26, 2014
  • Art installations, digital artefacts or media artworks’ proposals and short papers submission:  September 30, 2014
  • Full and short papers notice of acceptance:  November 30, 2014
  • Installations proposal notice of acceptance:  November 30, 2014
  • Submission full paper final version:  January 31, 2015
  • Early registration deadline:  January 31, 2015
  • Pre-conference workshops:  March 18, 2015
  • Conference:  March 19-20, 2015
Email:  artech2015@gmail.com

Website:  http://2015.artech-international.org/